New rig, upgrade parts or wait?

[perrinrahl]

Hey everyone

This is my current rig, coming to 2 years. Can I get some thoughts on whether I should get a new rig (budget is $2k, tower only), upgrade parts (RAM for sure) or wait?

I'm looking for a significant boost to speed during multi-task work and browsing (basic stuff, nothing video-editing related) and gaming performance. I can play all the games I play now, although more GPU intensive games I have to lower some of the settings.

Significant is of course subjective but if the improvement isn't noticeable, I won't change or may just upgrade the RAM.

Thoughts pls? TIA!

Gigabyte GA-H170-D3H
Zotac GTX 960 2GB
Intel Core i5 6400 2.70GHz
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB
Geil Super Luce Blue C15 DDR4-3000MHz 8GB(2x4GB)
Seasonic S12II-520 80+ Bronze (520W)
Sharkoon DG7000 Blue

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Well a 2 years system won't feel a lot of difference with the current system.

And new GPU might be coming out this year, maybe u can consider upgrading your GPu.

As for Rams 8GB is kinda low for video editing (16GB is the recommended.)

 

[singupingu]

If you really want speed, even at day to day use, just disable animation in windows 10 will do. Everything is snappy lol

If you say application loads slow, then sell your mobo+cpu combo, buy an i7-8700 with a B360 mobo, buy another pair of the same ram, buy a NVMe SSD and mirror your boot drive over. Then clock your ram to 2666mhz. Everything is fast then.

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[ragnarok95]

Sell your i5 6400. Buy a 2nd hand i7 6700. Settle.

 

[xonix]

If you're priority is gaming, just upgrade the GPU. If your priority is work, consider upgrading to a Ryzen 5 6c/12t. However if budget does not allow for overhaul, change the cpu to something that has hyper threading and upgrade gpu.

 

[haylui]

just wait.

 

[perrinrahl]

just wait.

How long and for?

Thanks everyone for your ideas!

 

[Illusionist_85]

Wait until parts spoil?

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[sglords]

How long and for?

Thanks everyone for your ideas!

Rumour
Intel is around Sept
GPU not so soon

If can wait then wait ba

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[perrinrahl]

Rumour
Intel is around Sept
GPU not so soon

If can wait then wait ba

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Makes sense, thanks!